He said this in parliament today, during the debate on the code of conduct for MPs and revised set of standing orders.
He said as a consequence of that clause being removed, many interesting situations could be witnessed after 4.00 this evening.
Had the paragraph that existed until the reading of the 19th amendment, preventing any candidate from switching from a party that he had been elected, to another party, disregarding the people’s vote, not been removed, this country would not be in this predicament, said JVP- MP Vijitha Herath. He noted that that paragraph that had been removed, specified that in the event an elected candidate switches sides after winning, he/she would lose their seat.
He said this in parliament today, during the debate on the code of conduct for MPs and revised set of standing orders.
He said as a consequence of that clause being removed, many interesting situations could be witnessed after 4.00 this evening.